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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Democracy Now: “On First Anniversary of Wisconsin Uprising, Gov. Walker Fights Recall Effort by Energized Movement

February 15, 2012

This is What a Police State Looks Like

February 15, 2012

On December 12, 2011, days before the three-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, John Knefel, an independent news reporter and co-host of Radio Dispatch, was arrested covering the Occupy Port Shutdown solidarity rallies in New York City, at the Winter Garden Theater. He and 10 other journalists were arrested mid afternoon, then were shackled...
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Rick Smith Files | Living in the ’80s! Corbett’s Attempt to Send Public Education Back 25 years

By Editor, Raging Chicken Press

February 15, 2012

Editor’s Note: Just like last month’s edition of the Rick Smith Files, this month Raging Chicken Press brings you two interviews from the February 7, 2012 Rick Smith Show. The theme this month is the PA Governor Corbett’s proposed deep cuts in education . We wanted to bundle these two interviews into one post...
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The State of American Liberalism—Thoughts on the 2012 Pennsylvania Progressive Summit

By Drew Simonovich

February 15, 2012

“They’re homogenous, we are not. They’re disciplined, we are not. We got the memo, we know the framing discussion, we understand the use of language, but we just don’t do it.” It is a common understanding—a collective acknowledgement born out of the disaster that was the Nixon administration—the Republican is a vile and bestial...
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Reading, PA: A Socialist Town

By Karen Samuels

February 15, 2012

Socialism is a political term that describes an economic system of public ownership of the means of production and allocation of resources. Individuals in positions of authority make decisions in the name of the collective group. The term “socialism” wasn’t always met with the fears that it provokes in some U.S. citizens today. The...
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Lessons for Academics: What Journalists Know About Gatekeeping

By Aaron Barlow

February 15, 2012

In preparing my talk on peer review for the MLA conference in Seattle last week, I forgot that few of my fellow academics have much familiarity with ‘gatekeeping,’ certainly not to the extent that journalists have, especially after the upheavals of the past decade. Though the situations are different (journalists working with a responsibility to the...
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How to Destroy the Environment, Steal Money, & Look Good Doing It | Lee Camp MOC #112

By Lee Camp

February 15, 2012

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Lee Camp is a stand-up comic. …Sometimes people make him write things too. He’s a contributor to The Onion and has performed stand-up comedy at events featuring Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore.

If you like Lee Camp, you’ll be happy to hear that Moment of Clarity is a regular feature at Raging Chicken Press. Please check out all his Moments of Clarity and if you still can’t get enough, why not show your support and pick up a copy of his new CD Chaos for the Weary. Really, this guy’s worth it.

Check out Lee’s new project on Twitter: @NewsDecoder where he takes headlines and tells you what they really mean. Also, BIG NEWS that you heard at the end of this video: Lee is recording a new live comedy album this Saturday, Feb 18th at the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC! Get there if you can!

Sustaining Activist Media: An Appeal Just in Time for Corbett’s Assault

By Editor, Raging Chicken Press

February 7, 2012

As many of you already know, earlier today PA Governor Tom Corbett, announced a draconian budget that would cut deep into the fabric of PA’s public institutions while handing over huge give-backs to corporations. Last year, Corbett proposed cutting PA’s 14 campus State System of Higher Ed (PASSHE) by 50%. After major pressure from...
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Raging Chicken Press launches 100 day fundraising drive

By Editor, Raging Chicken Press

February 4, 2012

Why We Are Raising Money While there are a number of excellent, progressive publications across the country, there is a significant lack of regionally based progressive publications that focus on local, state, and regional issues. Raging Chicken Press seeks to fill a gap between dynamic local and regional activist organization on-line (blogs, facebook, twitter)...
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